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Brave Search vs Free Search
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Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
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No-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (85 and 83 out of 100). Brave Search has noticeably more public adoption.
| Brave Search | Free Search | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A85/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 1.5k | 80 |
| Downloads / week | 17k | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | No | No |
| Tools | 8 | 1 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-22 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |